Question

 After Peter, the Secretary of the Swedish Academy, announced in Stockholm on Thursday, "Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature(文學(xué))”，Mo Yan became well-known to us. The awarding ceremony was held on December 10th. A medal，a personal diploma(證書)，a cash award of 8 million Swedish kronor ( about 1 million U. S dollars) were given to the winner.

  Mo Yan was born in Gaomi in Shandong Province in eastern China in 1955. He spent his childhood there. He left school at the age of 12. First he worked as a farmer like his parents, later as a worker in a factory. After he joined the People's Liberation Army in 1976 ，he began to study literature and write articles. His first short story came out in 1981. Mo Yan described the experiences during his childhood and the cultures in his birthplace in his writing. His novel HongGaoliangJiazu(1987 ，RedSorghum 1993 in English) ，which was made up of five stories，was filmed successfully in 1987. Besides his novels, Mo Yan has also written many short stories and passages on many different topics. A number of his stories have been translated into English，F(xiàn)rench，Japanese and many other languages.

  Mo Yan not only brings a great surprise to the world but also a great pride to China. 

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。

(   ) 1. When did Mo Yan win the Nobel Prize in Literature？

A.   On December 10th， 2011.

B.   On December 10th, 2012.

C.   On Thursday.

D.   On December 8th， 2012.

(   ) 2. How old was Mo Yan when he joined the Army?

A. 32. B.38. C.21. D.25. 

(   ) 3. What did Mo Yan mainly write about in his works?

A.   The experiences during his childhood and cultures in his birthplace.

B.   The experiences during his life and cultures in his birthplace.

C.   The experiences during his childhood and Chinese culture.

D.   The experiences during his life and Chinese culture.

(   ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.   Mo Yan got 8 million dollars for his Nobel Prize.

B.   HongGaoliangJiazuis a four-story book.

C.    Mo Yan began to write articles at the age of 32.

D.    Mo Yan's works were translated into many other languages.

(   ) 5. The passage is about      

A.   the Nobel Prize in Literature

B.   Mo Yan's works

C.   Mo Yan,who won the Nobel Prize in Literature

D.   Mo Yan's story

Answer 1

1.B 由第一段中內(nèi)容可知是2012年12月10曰。

2. C  由文中"After he joined ...in 1976,..."可知他是1976年參軍，此時應(yīng)該是21歲。

3. A  由第二段中"Mo Yan described the experiences ...in his writing."可知，他在作品中描述了童年時期的經(jīng)歷和出生地的文化，故選A。

4. D  由第二段最后一句話可知，他的作品被譯成了多國語言。

5. C整篇文章為莫言的簡介，故選C。